Tumbler carrying carton



Filed April 141, 1950.1 l

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WX ATTORNEY H. V. BOLDING' TUMBLER CARRYING CARTONJ Sept. 9, 1952 5 S-heet's-Sheet 3 Filed April ll, 1950 INVENTOR BY zin/gft wf( ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 9, 1952 TUMELER cARRYiNG CARTON Hilbert Velman Bolding, Jeffersonville, Ind., as-

vs ignor to The Bradley & Gilbert Company, Louisville,- Ky., a corporation of Kentucky Application April 11, 1950, Serial No. 155,276

1 Y This invention relates to improvements in carrier cartons for such as glass tumblers and glass or other material containers of generally `similar form. l

`In the bulk packing of glass tumblersandl'the like for shipment to retailers it is nownecessary for the manufacturer kto put paper, straw or other loose separating material between the.

glasses in order to avoid or reduce breakage thereof in transit, and to pack the glasses thus protected in large corrugated paper cases, wooden boxes, or barrels.

This form of packing makes substantial handling diiliculties, especially for the larger retailers, such as department stores and ten cent stores, which make themselves felt to the manu-` facturer in the form of sales resistance. These difficulties include not only breakage occurring` in transit from the manufacturer tothe retailer, but also the breakage occurring in the necessary individual unpacking of the glasses on arrival of a shipment usually done by relatively unskilled help of the retailer, lack of proper counter display facilities for the glasses, and the trouble, expense, and further hazards of breakage involved in wrapping and delivery of the glasses to the customer. Further, cash-and-carry `customers are loath to buy and carry with them more than a few glasses at a time due to the unwieldy nature of the package usually made up by the salesperson, and the risk of breakage in carrying the glasses home.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide carrier cartons which serve as efficient shipping containers, as attractive counter displays, and as safe and convenient carriers by means of which a retail customer can easily and confidently carry glasses purchased, whereby the above stated difficulties are substantially eliminatedor reduced.

`Another important object of the invention is toprovide a carrier carton of thecharacter indicated above which involves dividers dividing the body of the carton into individual glass receiving cells or compartments, and aycarrying handle composed of two pieces or sections capable of being `separated and folded down onto the tops of the glasses to protectively hold the glasses inplace, so that in making upa shipmentv the manufacturerneed only place the glasses .in` the cells `or. compartments and fold the handle pieces downwardly and place the resultant closed container along with others of the same in a convenient corrugated paper case; and so that-upon arrival of a shipment the retailer need only open the shipping case, remove the cartons therefrom` 2 and bend the handle pieces upwardly together into carrying position, andplace the cartons in a suitable arrangement on a counter, to obtain an attractive display of the glasses in condition for immediate delivery to a cash-and-carry customer or for easy and safe transit to the customer by delivery service.

\ A further important object ofthe invention is toprovide carrier cartons of the character indicated above which are capable of being easily and inexpensively made from single blanks of cardboard or similarly suitable sheet material, which can be folded for shipment and storage in a compact iiat form, and which can be quickly and easily expandedfrom such fiat form to receive the glasses or the like. A still further important object of 'the invention `is to provide a carrier carton of the above indicated character which readily lends itselfto being made in an attractive and ornamental shape, and which can be readily embossed and/or printed upon to endow the sam with eye appeal and advertising merit. l

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein for purposes of illustration only. specific embodiments of the invention are set forth in detail.

In the drawingsywherein like or similar numerals designate like parts throughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a blank from which the preferred form of carton is formed by folding end portions of the blank inwardly and securing to- 4 gether resultant overlapping edges thereof;

Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. l, showing one of the end portions folded inwardly onto the intermediate portion of the blank and glued and stapled in position;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. V4 is a viewV similar to Fig. 2 showing both end portions of the `blank folded inwardly and glued and stapled in position;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; A

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6--6 of Fig. 4; l p

Fig., 7 is an end elevation of the carton in partly expanded condition;

Vthe iiaps are secured together.

Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken on the line ll-ll 'of Fig. 9;

Fig. 12 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line l2-I2 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 13 is a View similar to Fig. 9, showing turnblers in place in the carton, with the handle sections, shown in dotted lines, folded down onto the upper ends of the tumblers to form a shipping container;

Fig. 14 is a perspective View of the carton, in expanded condition, ready to receive tumblers.;

Fig. 15 is a plan View of a blank from which another form of carton is formed by folding the same at a point midway between its ends;

Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the blank folded, glued, and stapled to form the carton;

Fig. 17 is an end elevation of the carton of Fig. 16 in expanded condition, with tumblers in place therein;

Fig. 18 is a top plan view of Fig. 17, and

Fig. 19 is a perspective view of the Vcarton in expanded condition and ready to receive tumblers.

Referring to Figs. 1-14 ci' the drawings showing the preferred form of carton A, the num-eral generally designates the elongated rectangular blank of cardboard, having an upper longitudinal edge 25, a lower longitudinal edge parallel to the upper edge 26', and parallel similar opposite end edges 21, 21. Lower portions of the end edges are cut away as indicated at 28 to define securing aps 29, '29 thereabove.

ParalleLyertical left and right hand fold lines YSt and 3l, respectively, are equally spaced from the end edges 21, 21' and are longitudinally spaced to denne the length of the desired carton, the fold lines being formed by weakening or indenting the material of the blank. The portion of the blank between the fold lines Eiland 3l 'constitutes the back or intermediate section 32 of the carton and the portions of the blank outlying the fold lines 3@ and 3l form end portions 33 and 34 which are folded inwardly upon the intermediate section 32 to form the front section of the carton, wherein the ap 29' overlies or overlaps the other ap- 29.- The inward sur-l face of the overlying flap 29 is provided with adhesive such as glue, as indicated at whereby The reduced vend edge portions 28 do not overlap.

The blank 25 further has an upper longitudinal or horizontal fold line 36 parallelly 'spaced from theupper edge 26 at a distance to define the 4similar longitudinally elongated separable carrying handle sections 31, 31 when'the blank is folded, the handle sections being formed with registered elongated hand holes 38 and The hand hole 38 is formed in its entirety in the intermediate or back section 32 of the blank, while Ythe hand hole 39. is formedfof two half holesV 39, 39 formed in the end edges 21, 21 on the end portions 33 and v35i of the blank which register when the blank is folded. Above the fold line 35 the vertical fold lines 3i) and 5l are slotted at 36 and 3l to dene the outer ends of the handle sections 31, 31.

Spaced intermediate longitudinal fold' lines lli are paralleliy spaced below the upper fold line 3B to deilne therebetween areas of the front and back sections adapted to be glued together as indicated at 4i in Fig. 3, the v'lace of the blank between the fold lines 36 and 4l! being covered with a strip '42 of adhesive, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for this purpose.

The spaced intermediate fold lines '45 also serve wise.

as the upper boundaries of partition-forming' members 58. Keyhole-shaped components 43 are formed by vertical slots cut into the blank 25. rihe lower ends of the forms 43 are `loined to the blank 25 along a lower intermediate longie tudinal fold line 44, which is parallelly spaced from the lower edge 26 of the blank at a distance to denne carton bottom forming portions 45 half as wide as the bottom of the carton A. A lower longitudinal fold line 4E parallel to and close to the lower edge 25' is provided to denne tabs 41 having adhesive applied thereto as indicated at 4S whereby the related tabs are glued together in upright positions, as indicated at 49 in Fig. 3.

The keyhole-shaped forms 43| have the circular upper portions 50 and the narrower parallel-sided lower portions 5|. The lower portions 5l have fold lines 52 intermediate their upper and lower ends which deiine subportions 53 coated on one side with adhesive, as indicated at 54, for gluing to theupper surfaces of the related bottom portions 45, whereby the subportions 53l serve as rests for the tumbler bottoms and the remaining upper parts of the portions 5| and the circular upper portions 50 together with the tabs 41 form a central longitudinal partition 55 between two longitudinal rows of tumblers 5t when the carton` A is in expanded condition, as shown in Figs. 9, 13 and 14.

An important phase of the invention resides in the rigidifying and strengthening effect of the face-to-face secured tabs 41 which extend continuously across the longitudinal dimension of the carton along its central median line. Since the tabs are integral with bottom-forming portions 45, a continuous central longitudinal truss is provided, to which the narrow portions, 5i offorms 43 may be secured as by adhering or other;-

This arrangement distributes the load throughout the bottom and vertical members and is of particular importance where fragile articlessuch as glass tumblers are loaded in the container. The backs of keyhole forms 43, which arel in faceto-face relation when the carton is assembled, may or may not be secured to one another. Suicient strength and rigidity are provided bythe central truss. .i

A fth and discontinuous fold or score line 51 is formed in the blank 25 parallel to and just above the score line 52 and is produced only in the .transverse partition-forming members 58 which result from the cutting'out by sl'ots of Vthe keyhole-shaped membersliB.V 4The members 5S have parallel-sided lower portions 5S reaching,

downwardly from the score line 51, which are connected at their lower ends Vto the blank 25 at the score line 44, and hour-glass shaped upper portions 6l) which reach upwardly from the score line 5i and are connected at their upper ends to the blank E5 at the score lines 45. The score line 51 where it traverses the members 58 is 'supple-V mented by linear slots 6l With carton A in expanded condition, as' shown particularly wellr in Figs. 7-11, the transverse partition-forming vmembers 58 Yhaveftheir lower portions '59 in 'perpendicular positions `along the lateral extremities of the carton, and their Supper portions 60 extend in' substantially horizontal positions between the perpendicular .lower portions 59 and the central longitudinal partition 55. The facing semi-circular vledges 52 of adjacent members 58 conformably engage opposite sides oi.- upper portions of the tumblers 53, Awllereby =.the tumblers .while resting upon therigidi'fyingportions 53 of the carton bottom 64 are h'eld'apa'it against lateral contact with each other. Infad-` dition, the facing vertical edges55 of adjacent perpendicular lower portions x59 of the members 58 engage the outer side of the tumblers' 63 `and prevent'flaterally outward displacement thereof. Laterally inward displacement of the tumblers 63 and contact of the inward sides thereof with tumblersin the row along the opposite side of thelcarton A isprecluded by the presenceof the central longitudinal partition 55 constituted by the .tabs `48, 48 and the associated circular por.- tions 5U of the keyhole-shaped members 43. `With tumblers 63 in .place in the carton, the handle portions 31, 31' are to bebent down to the dottedline position shown in Fig. 13, from their full-line positions, so as to overlie the upper ends of the tumblers. This bent-down arrangement of the handle sections not only reduces the `vertical height of the carton A for compact packing in cases but serves to protect l the tops of theA tumblers and to hold the tumblers down in place` in the carton. Y

Referring to Figs. `15-19, showing a modined form of carton B, the carton is formed from a blank 25a of the same size and shape as the blank 25 of carton A described above. However, the blank 25, instead of having two vertical score lines defining end sections to befolded inwardly onto an intermediate section, has only one vertical score line E5. The single score line. 65` is locatedrnidway between the blank end "edges 21 and 21', to denne similar front and back sections 66 and 61, respectively.` Absent from theblank ends are the naps 25, 29' characterizing carton A, and the edges 21, 21 are only slightly cut away at` thelower part thereof, as indicated at 28a. The score' line 65 provides 'two foldable connections 68 and 69 between the two sections 66 and 61, the remainder being slotted.

Otherwise the blank 25a of carton B is the same as blank 25 of carton B. with the exception of the circular portions 50a of the members 43. Instead of the portions 50a being plain, they are provided with parallel vertical score lines 1U, 10 which provide for bending the resultant tabs or ears 1|, 1l forwardly, as shown in Fig. 18, to engage opposite sides of the individual tumblers 63 and thereby provide means, in addition to the partition-forming membersV 58, to prevent lateral contact of adjacent tumblers 63 with each other. The tabs 1l form part of the central longitudinal partition 55.

What I claim is:

1. A blank for forming a carrier carton com prising an elongated rectangular sheet having upper and lower longitudinal edges and opposite end edges, an upper longitudinal score line parallelly spaced from said upper edge to define handle portions, an upper intermediate score line parallelly spaced below said upper score line to define connecting portions between said upper score line and said upper intermediate score line, a lower intermediate score line parallelly spaced below said upper intermediate score line to denne partition-forming portions between upper intermediate and lower intermediate score lines, said lower intermediate score line being parallelly spaced above the lower edge of the blank to denne bottom-forming portions therebetween, and a lower score line parallelly spaced below said lower intermediate score line and spaced upwardly from the lower edge of the blank to define connecting portions for said bottom-forming portions, said partition-forming portions being formed with laterally spaced pairs of vertical slots, said vertical slots dening mem"-` bers therebetween havingV upper portions serving as` components of a longitudinal partition for said `carton `and supplementing said partition forming portions, said members ,having lower portions supplementing said bottom-forming portions to provide a bottom for the carton,'ad' jacent pairs of said vertical slots'. acting to deiine therebetween portions of said blank arranged -to serve :as longitudinally spaced transverse .partir tions for the carton, said upper portionsof said longitudinal partition components having .later-l ally spaced vertical score lines dening `earsxon opposite sides of said upper portions arranged to supplement said transverse partitions.`

2. A blank for forming a carrier carton comprising an elongated` rectangular-sheet having' upper and lower longitudinal edges and opposite end edges, .an upper longitudinal score line parallelly spaced from said upper edge to define handle portions, an upper intermediate score line parall lellyspaced below said .upper score line to denne! connecting portions between said upper score line and saidupper intermediate score line, a lower intermediate score line parallellyspaced-below" said upper intermediate score line to define par-` tition-forming portions betweenV upper interrne` diate and lower intermediate score lines', saidl lower intermediate score line `being parallelly spaced above the lower edge of the blank toldne bottom-forming portions therebetweemand connecting portions for.` said bottom-forming portions. said blankhavinga pair of'longitudi? nally spaced vertical score lines dividing said' blank into two substantially similar end portions and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion constituting a back section, said end portions together forming a front section coextensive with said back section when folded inwardly onto said back section.

3. A blank for forming a carrier carton comprising an elongated rectangular sheet having upper and lower longitudinal edges and opposite end edges, an upper longitudinal score line parallelly spaced from said upper edge to denne handle portions, an upper intermediate score line parallelly spaced below said upper score line to define connecting portions between said upper score line and said upper intermediate score line, a lower intermediate score line parallelly spaced below said upper intermediate score line to define partition-forming portions between upper intermediate and lower intermediate score lines, said lower intermediate score line being parallelly spaced above the lower edge of the blank to denne bottom-forming portions therebetween, and a lower score line parallelly spaced below said lower intermediate score line and spaced upwardly from the lower edge of the blank to denne connecting portions for said bottom-forming portions, said partition-forming portions being formed with laterally spaced pairs of vertical slots, said vertical slots dening members therebetween having upper portions serving as components of a longitudinal partition for said carton and supplementing said partition-forming portions, said members having lower portions supplementing said bottom-forming portions to provide a bottom for the carton, adjacent pairs of said vertical slots acting to define therebetween portions of said blank arranged to serve as longitudinally spaced transverse partitions for the carton, said upper 7 portions of said longitudinal Ipartition components having laterally spaced' vertical score lines dening ears on opposite sides of said upper portions arranged to supplement said transverse partitions, said blank having a pair of longitudi-v nally spacedV vertical score Vlines dividing said blank into two substantially similar end portions and an intermediate portion, said intermediate portion `constituting a backsection, said end portions together forming a front section co'extensive with said back section when folded inwardly ontoV said back section, said pairs of vertical slots being arranged in the front and vback sections to register when the front and back sections Vare super-` imposed.

4. A blank for forming a carrier carton cornprising an elongated rectangular sheet having upper and lower longitudinal edges and opposite end edges, an upper longitudinal score line parallellyspaced from said upper edge to denne handle portions, an upper intermediate score line parallelly `spaced below said upper score line to define connecting portions between said upper score line and said upper intermediate score line, a lower vintermediate score line parallelly spaced below said upper intermediate score line to denne partition-forming portions between upper intermediate .and lower intermediate score lines, said lower calslots defining members therebetween having upper portions serving as components of a longi tudinal partition for said carton and supplementing said partition-forming portions, said Vfmembers having lower portions supplementing said bottom-forming portions to provide a bottom for the carton, adjacent pairs of said vertical slots acting to define therebetween portions of said blank .arranged to serve as longitudinally spaced transverse partitions for the carton,V saidjupper portions of said longitudinal partition components having laterally spaced vertical score lines de'- lining ears on opposite sides of said upper portions arranged to supplement said transverse partitions, said blank having a single vertical score line midway between its end edges defining similar front and back sections arranged to be folded into superimposed coextensive relation, the said pairs of vertical slots being arranged in 'said front and back sections to register with the front and'back sections in superimposed relation.

HUBERT VELMAN BOLDING.

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